Transferring Non-Purchased music from iPhone to computer.

My Windows computer recently crashed and the hard drive was wiped. I want to transfer all my music from my iPhone 4 to my new computer. I have tried a few of the third party software options and none seemed to work. Also, when I try to activate the "manually manage music and videos" option in the iPhone summary in iTunes, it does not let me unless I Erase and Sync to the new library. Please help..

This is not a feature of the iPhone and iTunes. The iPhone is NOT a backup device.
There are 3rd party utilities that can do what you want.
Google is your friend.

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I want to tranfer non purchased music from my iphone 4s back onto my PC that I have re-formatted due to errors.
I have backed up the iphone onto my newly installed version of itunes.
All the purchased albums/songs have been tranferred.
I tried to tranfer by ticking the sync box but its says it will wipe the iphone and replace it with the new library which has only a fraction of my 1000+ songs.
I have read many reviews that say it can be done with a third party program but when I looked into this they offer free evaluation but want about £20 for the program but feel this can be done at no cost.
The itunes is saying my iphone can only be synced to one PC but the original one is wiped.
Am I right in thinking I should go ahead with syncing the iphone then do the restore. Im just worried that once its synced the music and photos/videos will be gone forever.
If I go down this route, I think I still need to know how to tranfer the non purchased songs from my iphone back onto the PC with the newly reinstalled itunes.

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All Seasons wrote:
Am I right in thinking a should go ahead with syncing the iphone then do the restore. Im just worried that once its synced the music and photos/videos will be gone forever.
No. You will lose the music that's on the phone if you do that.
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I am trying to transfer purchased music from iphone to pc. My phone appears in device column, but when i go to File, it does not highlite the option to transfer. What do i need to do to transfer these items from iphone to pc?

Try this:
1. Open My Computer from the desktop or Start menu.
2. From the Tools menu, choose Folder Options.
3. Click the View tab.
4. In the "Advanced settings" pane under "Hidden files and folders," make sure that the "Show hidden files and folders" option is selected.
5. Click OK.
6. Navigate to the following location by either typing it into the address bar, copying and pasting it into the address bar, or clicking through the folder hierarchy listed:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\
7. Right-click the SC Info folder shown and on the shortcut menu, choose Delete.
8. Restart the computer.
9. Open iTunes.
10. Authorize your computer to play your purchases. Note: If you have multiple accounts you will need to authorize your computer for each account.

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If you want to transfer music from iPhone to computer with iTunes, you may come up with some difficulties. On one hand, as a one-way transfer tool, iTunes doesn’t allow users to copy music from iPhone to computer or iTunes for protecting the copyright of the music; on the other hand, when syncing with iTunes, this software will only maintain the purchased items in your iPhone and try to erase the files that aren’t got from iTunes. Therefore, it will be hard for you to transfer music from iPhone to computer with iTunes.
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brendenyoung wrote:
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Is the song quality the same regardless if it is purchased via iPhone or my computer?
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